Next Steps - Finalizing the Processes

By January 2007, the processes were ready for piloting. In late April, we sent an invitation to review a generalized "exposure
draft" to
registered members of the KEY-9 community. After consolidation of feedback from pilot and from community members, a final version
of the processes will be made available on www.KEY-9.com.

Closing Statement

We agree with a statement by the Canadian project management expert Max Wideman from 2005: "It is evident that much work still needs to be done before project portfolio management can be categorized as a complete and solidly based function."[11] But every step towards that end, such as the Project Portfolio Governance Guidelines issued by the Association of Project Management, is a step in the right direction."[12] Also PMI's Standard for Portfolio Management is a step towards that end, and we are confident that this will also be the case for the PPM process model introduced in this article.